Families in the museum

Several hands-on stations invite young visitors to join in spontaneously and put interesting facts into practice. In the cellar vault, for example, they can study the structure of the earth on a wooden globe right down to the earth's interior by assembling the individual layers in the correct order, from the earth's crust to the mantle to the earth's core. There is also a water column that can be operated to understand the sedimentation process. There are also microscopes for looking at rocks or iron ore.

On the first floor, there is a tactile box where visitors can feel the raw materials used by Stone Age people. In the room next door, visitors can pick up the skull of a red deer and compare the antlers with a roebuck antler. In the medieval section, curious visitors can open the shard cabinet. Original shards from Lichtenberg Castle are stored there. Although you are not allowed to take them out or take them with you, it is possible to touch them, compare them and see whether similar patterns can be recognized on the vessels on display in the showcase.

At the top of the castle, in the "Children's World" section, the toys from the past are particularly interesting: even grandma and grandpa loved to play with them. In a play corner, young visitors can play with building blocks, rocking horses and doll's prams and take a seat on the old school desk in the schoolroom.

All the exhibitions feature large illustrations on the respective themes, which are also interesting for children. For example, you can see the ichthyosaur swimming in the chalk sea or the mammoth trudging through the Ice Age landscape. Realistically modeled figures, such as the Neanderthals of Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, the knight from Lichtenberg Castle in authentic clothing, a monk, the salt boilers and the Germanic tribes going about their daily domestic chores, are particularly inspiring and informative for children.

The Mill Garden and the Eiszeitgarten offer museum-like variety in the outdoor area. The baking season begins there in May (baking for children is only possible by prior arrangement). The Eiszeitgarten with its life-size animal sculptures, such as the mammoth and the woolly rhinoceros, is open all year round (in winter, please inform the castle administration in advance).

Parents will find child-friendly toilet facilities and a baby changing room. There is plenty of space for baby carriages or buggies in the sheepfold.

Stools for the little ones can be borrowed in the castle foyer for a better view of the showcases.

Here you can also book the museum rally with Heini, the castle ghost, for €2, which takes you through the entire building. Children should already be able to read. If you prefer to make a souvenir, you can get a craft sheet or a coloring book free of charge.

Families with children are very welcome to the museum festival (Mother's Day weekend) and the Adventstreff (3rd Advent weekend). On these special days, the learning workshop is open to everyone under the motto "Come in and join in". This is rounded off by a rich and child-friendly program around the castle.